G4 vs. G5

macrumors 6502

2 months ago, I had the nightmare of deciding if I would switch from PC to Mac. So after a lot of thought, I bought a Power Mac G4, Dual 1.42 with a 20 inch screen. But a month after, now Apple is announcing the G5 for couple of hundred dollars more. I guess I am stuck with the G4, I cannot return it. What do you all think? Would a G4 still be a good machine after the appearance of G5? What do you recommend?

macrumors 65816

2 months ago, I had the nightmare of deciding if I would switch from PC to Mac. So after a lot of thought, I bought a Power Mac G4, Dual 1.42 with a 20 inch screen. But a month after, now Apple is announcing the G5 for couple of hundred dollars more. I guess I am stuck with the G4, I cannot return it. What do you all think? Would a G4 still be a good machine after the appearance of G5? What do you recommend?

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Its a fine machine. Don't get techno envy, or it will plague you teh rest of your life, everytime you buy anything electronic.

It does pay to know when the major mac events happen and to pay attention to sites like macrumors to get an idea of when really major revisions are coming up though.

macrumors 68040

Well I guess it depends on what you need. I am still happy with my G3 powered computers for what I do. If the 1.42 does what you need it to do and it's fast, then you might as well get some use out of it. If you are not happy with the performance then sell it and get a G5.

macrumors 6502a

It's not like once the first G5 is received that you machine magically slows down or stops working. You have been doing what you need on the G4 for the two months and it has done what you wanted. Why would the release of the G5 affect that?

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